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The Reissues

54mm "Vietnam Era" Soldiers

In September of 2011, J. Lloyd International, Inc., who purchased all of the remaining TimMee/Processed Plastic molds during the state liquidation auction in August, 2005, began producing the soldiers for distribution via the Internet through VictoryBuy and Amazon.com. They were released on September 28th. The bagged set with header card included 50 tan and 50 green soldiers in 12 different poses.

October 30, 2012 - A reissue the Battle Mountain was released. It is cast in medium gray and measured 14 inches wide, 5½ inches deep, and 15 inches tall. The original mountain also served as the main accessory for several non-military playsets including Star Battle, Dinosaur Mountain and Jungle Playset.

March 21 2013 - A reissue of the classic M48 Patton Tank was released in a 3 piece bagged set with header card. They are cast in a deep army green. These are the later "skid" version of the tank in which the wheels were molded directly into the tracks.

November 10, 2013 - A reissue of the Army Rescue Copter (open-door version) in army green and also introduced a new color (desert tan) were released. Each helicopter includes 24 soldiers and assembly instructions.

April 16, 2013 - A reissue of the Hercules AC-130 Gunship was released after an eight year absence from the market. The gunship is cast in a deep army green with silver-gray armament. It includes a reissued M48 Patton tank, 24 Vietnam Era soldiers, flag with stand, decal sheet and assembly instructions. A second production run was released in November, 2014 and includes an NOS Scout vehicle in place of the Patton tank.

November 16, 2014 - A reissue of the Battle Mountain Playset was released. The set includes the reissued battle mountain, 50 army green and 74 desert tan soldiers, desert tan rescue helicopter and an NOS army green scout car.

June 11, 2015 - A reissue of the Willys MB Jeep and anti-tank gun in Army green was released. The Combat Patrol set includes 2 Jeeps Willys MB Jeeps and two anti-tank guns molded in army green. It also includes a sticker sheet that includes white stars, serial numbers and a TimMee logo.

June 11, 2015 - A reissue of the M48 Patton tank was released in desert tan. The Tank Command: Desert Division 3 piece set includes a sticker sheet that includes white stars, serial numbers and a TimMee logo.

November, 2015 - Dress up your old or new Plastic Army Vehicles with these STARS and SERIALS Stickers. The classic white stars and green serial number stickers were standard on Tim Mee Tanks, Armored Cars and Jeeps for decades until they were discontinued some time back in the 90's. These sticker sheets were created for the Tim Mee reissued vehicles, but are very close to the size and style of the originals. The numbers on the serial number stickers have been changed from the originals so collectors will be able to easily tell the difference. Each sheet measures 2 inches square and has 3 white stars that measure about 1/2 inch diameter, 3 different serial numbers with olive green backgrounds and white lettering, 4 newly designed mini white stars that measure about 1/4 inch diameter, and one very small Tim Mee logo sticker. Very nice quality stickers that are printed in the USA.Tim Mee Stars and Serials Stickers• 30 1 inch Serial Number Stickers• 30 Half Inch Star Stickers• 40 Quarter Inch Star Stickers• Packaging: White Cardstock Mailer

May, 2016-The TimMee Willys Jeep and anti-tank gun are available for the first time in desert tan in this 4 piece set that includes 2 vehicles and 2 guns. They feature smooth rolling wheels with metal axles, measure nearly 10 inches long when hitched together, and are approximately 1:24 scale. Made from slightly stiff tan color HDPE plastic with lots of crisp detail and very little flashing. The set includes a sticker sheet with white stars, TimMee logo and serial number stickers.

September 23, 2016-This 26 piece set. This 26 piece set includes the Sea King Helicopter and 2 dozen M16 soldiers molded in flexible cyan blue color LDPE plastic with very little flashing. The helicopter is approximately 1:48 scale and the figures are 1:35 scale. A sticker sheet with thenew Star & Bars insignias is also included.

April 12th, 2017 - New colors for an American Classic. This bag of 96 Tim Mee PLASTIC ARMY MEN is proudly manufactured in the United States, and includes 48 cyan blue and 48 rust brown troops for maximum play value. There's about 12 different figures and all your old favorites are here, including minesweeper, bazookaman, radio operator, 60mm mortar, light machine gunner, kneeling rifleman, flame thrower, crawling rifleman, prone rifleman, bayonet fighter, and officer with binoculars and handgun. Figures stand up to 2.1 inches tall (52mm) and are approximately 1:35 scale. Made from slightly flexible LDPE plastic with medium detail and very little flashing.

April 21, 2017 - The TimMee Walker Bulldog makes its return in this 13 piece playset that includes 12 S.W.A.T. figures cast in green for the first time. The tank features an elevating barrel, turret that rotates, hatch that opens to reveal a fixed gunner, rolling wheels, and a storage compartment in the back. Made from slightly stiff olive green color HDPE plastic with lots of crisp detail. As an added bonus, a sticker sheet is included with stars, flags and serial numbers.

52 comments:

It is so good to see these classic TimMee Toy products back in American production. I hope the company will consider reintroducing the classic army truck (with removable canopy)---that seems a natural. The original parent company, Processed Plastics, made a series of large-scale airplanes in the 1960s that were wonderful, including a B-56 Hustler Bomber. Any chance of those reappearing? Do those molds still even exist? My last question is: how did the Chinese get hold of the molds to make their awful versions of the TimMee army men?

The location of the cargo truck mold is unknown. Although some say it was sent to a South American toy company in the early 90s. So, until the mold is found and returned to the states or a replacement is made, we won't see a reissue.

I'm unaware of any plans to reissue the older military aircraft or the whereabouts of those molds.

The Chinese began making their own molds of the Vietnam era soldiers back in the 70s.

It's not that simple. New tooling is quite expensive. So it wouldn't be cost effective for the company to invest such a large sum of money for a product that's geared for such a small customer base. Therefore, the only way new tooling could see the light of day at this point would be through a crowdfunding campaign.

Just an overall deterioration of the individual mold cavities. A test shot in early 2015 confirmed this. However, there were actually two molds for the Air Force figures. The latter being the one that was tested in 2015 as the seated drivers and two other figures were discontinued by the company. So the whereabouts(and condition) of original tooling is unknown.

The raft reissue was scraped indefinitely because the tooling for it also contained two other boat molds and running the tooling for the raft alone wasn't feasible at the time. A future "workaround" is not out of the question, though.

Anybody know where I can find the C-130 and/or the Sea King helo? My son is getting into the army men, and wanted to get him these that I remember in my youth! Driving me nuts looking in every nook and cranny on the internet for these things!

Enjoy the site. Timmee figures were the first toy soldiers I had. I remember many days having fun playing with them. Timmee soldiers still serve among my TSSD, CTS, Marx, ect. troops. Now my grandson is wanting to play with toy soldiers. He saw one of my Timmee trucks and wanted it, so now I have bought another Timmee truck to give to him for a birthday present. Any chance we will see a reissue of the Air force figures? Thanks for the great site. BOBBYGMOORE (AKA COMBATMEN)

There was talk in the past about crowdfunding...specifically for the cargo truck. So far it hasn't amounted to anything. You have to bear in mind that the TimMee Toys/Processed Plastic companies were all about CREATING toys. No crowdfunding campaigns required. No oil crisis stood in their way. They even managed to crank out new products during the stifling influx of overseas knockoffs. Eventually that proved too much for them. But man they put up one hell of a fight.

Sad to hear that the Airforce and Navy figures won't be remade. Hope we see the truck remade one day. Went on Amazon to see if I could find some C-130's gunships but they are out of stock. Are they still being made? Thanks BOBBYGMOORE

What can we do to encourage the creation of new tooling for the cargo truck? My understanding is that it is their most requested item so they know the market is there but I get the impression that they need to be nudged pretty hard to actually get the ball rolling. I totally understand the hesitation to invest a big chunk of cash into new molds but it sounds like there are some interested parties who would be willing to help out. Hell Im not wealthy and I would be willing to dig through the couch for a few bucks to toss in the hat.